PureCycle Technologies (PCT) & The Competition Financial Survey

PureCycle Technologies (NASDAQ:PCT) is one of 295 public companies in the “Chemicals” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare PureCycle Technologies to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PureCycle Technologies and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PureCycle Technologies	$13.76 million	-$182.57 million	-2.30
PureCycle Technologies Competitors	$6.41 billion	$222.31 million	-3.77

PureCycle Technologies’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than PureCycle Technologies. PureCycle Technologies is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Risk and Volatility

PureCycle Technologies has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PureCycle Technologies’ competitors have a beta of 1.41, meaning that their average stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for PureCycle Technologies and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PureCycle Technologies	1	1	1	0	2.00
PureCycle Technologies Competitors	3234	12160	14086	515	2.40

PureCycle Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 249.70%. As a group, “Chemicals” companies have a potential upside of 7.04%. Given PureCycle Technologies’ higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PureCycle Technologies is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares PureCycle Technologies and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PureCycle Technologies	-1,618.84%	-612.39%	-22.08%
PureCycle Technologies Competitors	-61.52%	1.06%	-1.43%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

63.0% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of PureCycle Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

PureCycle Technologies competitors beat PureCycle Technologies on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

PureCycle Technologies Company Profile

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. engages in the production of recycled polypropylene (PP). The company holds a license for restoring waste PP into ultra-pure recycled polypropylene resin that has multiple applications, including packaging and labeling for consumer products, piping, ropes, cabling, and plastic parts for various industries. Its recycling process separates color, odor, and other contaminants from plastic waste feedstock to transform it into virgin-like resin. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.